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| November 29, 2013
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Half the Palestinians think peace process with Israel a mistake

In a poll taken, 66% of Palestinians believe US-brokered negotiations will fail to result in any settlement.

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Roughly half of Palestinians living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip believe the Palestinian Authority erred in resuming peace negotiations with Israel, a public opinion poll revealed.

Palestinians rally against peace talks.

Palestinian protesters hold placards showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during a demonstration against renewed peace talks with Israel, October 2013.

According to the poll, which was conducted by the East Jerusalem-based Jerusalem Media and Communication Center this month and published on Wednesday, 50.5 percent of respondents think the PA should not have agreed to the renewal of talks. Continue Reading »

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| November 22, 2013
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Isolation is Pushing Hamas to Further Radicalize

 

 

Hamas is dictating ever harsher Sharia restrictions on the Palestinians of Gaza as it loses backing throughout the region.

By Aviel Schneider

 

 

Hamas finds itself increasingly isolated and under pressure after the fall of its Muslim Brotherhood patrons in Egypt, the combined Israeli-Egyptian effort to shut down Gaza’s smuggling and terror tunnels, and Iran’s newfound reluctance to fund the group.

Members of Hamas police take part in a graduation ceremony in Gaza City, Dec. 17, 2012. – Photo REUTERS-Suhaib Salem

Hamas’ response to this situation has been increasing radicalization. In Gaza today, the Islamists rule by brute force, imposing something of a reign of terror. Continue Reading »

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| November 21, 2013
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Gaza in Deep Sewage, Hamas Refuses to Buy Fuel

Under Egyptian Siege, and no longer able to smuggle stolen or cheap fuel via tunnels, and refusing to pay taxes to PA on purchased fuel, raw sewage is flooding Gaza City neighborhood, with 13 more sewage stations close to overflowing because pumps aren’t running.

By Gil Ronen

 

Raw sewage has flooded streets in a southern neighborhood of Gaza City in recent days, threatening a health disaster, writes the New York Times. The reason: cheap diesel fuel can no longer be smuggled in from Egypt, because Egypt’s army has shut down the smuggling tunnels that connected Gaza with Sinai.

The Hamas government shut down Gaza’s lone power plant on November 1, causing a pump station to flood. Continue Reading »

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| November 19, 2013
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Israel Air Force Responds to Gaza Mortar Attacks on Israel

According to a report by Hamas, Israeli military attacked empty building. Gaza reports no casualties.

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The Israel Air Force launched a strike in the Gaza Strip near the area of Khan Yunis on Tuesday. This marks the second Israeli strike in Gaza in a week.

Smoke billowing from sites targeted by Israel Air Force strike in the Gaza Strip.

A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows smoke billowing from sites targeted by Israel Air Force strike in the Gaza Strip, November 16, 2012. – Photo: AFP

According to a report by Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces attacked an abandoned building. No casualties were reported.

Last Thursday, the IDF bombed two militants that launched a rocket toward Israel.

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| November 14, 2013
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Hamas Boasts Gaza Ready For Next War With IDF

Hamas military spokesman claimed terrorist organization is ready for their next battle with Israel…just before the IAF destroyed hidden rocket launchers in Gaza in retaliation for shooting mortars into southern Israel.

By Dalit Halevi, Ari Yashar

 

 

Abu Ubaida, spokesman of the Al-Qassam Brigade, military arm of Hamas which rules Gaza, said “we’re ready for the next battle.” The statement came just before the latest Gaza clash broke out Thursday afternoon.

According to Ubaida, Hamas is working to develop new methods to surprise and attack “the Zionist enemy.”

The new battle appears to be knocking on the door, as Gazan terrorists opened rocket and mortar fire on Israel Thursday, eliciting an IAF airstrike which took out two concealed rocket launchers. Continue Reading »

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| November 13, 2013
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Hamas celebrates year since Israel’s ‘Operation Pillar of Defense’ in Gaza

 

Hamas minister calls on all Arabs in Israel, Gaza & the West Bank to unite in a ‘Jihad’ to ‘uproot the Jews’ from all of Israel.

 

Thousands of Hamas security forces on Tuesday staged a military parade in the Gaza Strip to mark the anniversary of the eight-day conflict with Israel last year known as Operation Pillar of Defense.

Hamas hold national flags as they march in Gaza City to mark one year since Israel Gaza operation


Hamas hold national flags as they march in Gaza City to mark one year since Pillar of Defense, Nov. 13, 2013. – Photo: Reuters

The hostilities began when Israel assassinated Hamas’ military commander, Ahmad Jabari, in a November 2012 airstrike.

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| November 13, 2013
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Hamas calls dissident opposition group a foreign ‘conspiracy’

Palestinian opposition group the Tamarod failed to organize ‘revolt’ against oppressive Hamas on day commemorating Arafat’s death.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

 

Hamas officials on Tuesday expressed relief over the failure of calls to stage mass protests against the Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas militants take part in a protest against peace talks between Israel & the Palestinians. - Photo REUTERS

Hamas militants take part in a protest against peace talks between Israel & the Palestinians. – Photo: REUTERS

Tamarod, an anonymous group, had called on Palestinians to revolt against Hamas on November 11. It received its inspiration from the Egyptian Tamarod movement, which launched mass protests that eventually brought down the regime of president Mohammed Morsi earlier this year. Continue Reading »

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| November 8, 2013
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2 Charities in Jerusalem – Fronts for Hamas – Closed By Security Forces

Shin Bet security service report that their  offices served as Islamist movement’s base of operations in Israel’s capital.

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Israeli security forces on Thursday closed two offices in East Jerusalem they say served as a base for Hamas operations in the city.

Israel police disperse Palestinian demonstrators - AFP - September 14, 2012.

Israeli police officers dispersing Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem’s Old City, September 2012.- Photo: AFP

The Shin Bet security service said the offices belonged to Al-Quds Development and Amara al-Aqsa (Al-Aqsa Properties), charities based in the northern Israeli cities of Umm al-Fahm and Nazareth.

The Shin Bet said in a statement that agents and the Israel Police had closed “two Jerusalem offices, from which the Hamas terror organization had been conducting actions.” Continue Reading »

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| November 4, 2013
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Hamas schoolbooks: Torah is ‘fabricated’

 

In a NYT report,  Hamas introduced its own textbooks into Gaza schools as part of their effort to spread its ideology. The schoolbooks don’t recognize Israel and describe Palestine as encompassing everything between the Jordan River & the Mediterranean Sea.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

Hamas has introduced its own textbooks into schools in the Gaza Strip this fall, as part of an effort to spread its militant ideology among Palestinian youth, The New York Times reported on Sunday.

A Palestinian schoolgirl in the Gaza Strip – Photo: AP

According to the report, the books do not recognize modern Israel, or mention the Oslo Accords that Israel signed with the Palestine Liberation Organization in the early 1990s.

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| November 1, 2013
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Gaza’s only power plant closes due to fuel shortage

Inability of producing electricity, which serves almost 1/2 of Gaza’s 1.8 million residents, means the Gazans could suffer 12 hours of daily blackouts.

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Gaza‘s lone power plant shut its generators on Friday due to a fuel shortage, a move that will likely increase already long blackout hours in the impoverished coastal territory run by the Islamist Hamas group.

Palestinian workers walk inside Gaza's main power plant January 20, 2008.

Gaza’s main power plant – Photo: Reuters

Chairman of the Gaza Energy Authority Fathy Asheik-Khalil said the plant, which serves almost half of Gaza’s 1.8 million people, went offline after fuel became too scarce.

Gaza residents have endured around eight hours of daily blackouts in recent years because of fuel shortages. Continue Reading »

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| October 31, 2013
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Jerusalem condemns Palestinian celebration of terror

In Gaza, Hamas forbids families from celebrating Fatah success of prisoner release.

In Ramallah, PA President Mahmoud Abbas attends official ceremony in honor of released prisoners

In Jerusalem, gov’t source says PA ceremony “a parade of convicted murderers” is a celebration of terror.  

By Daniel Siryoti & Shlomo Cesana

 

 

About 2,000 family members and friends were waiting when 21 of the 26 prisoners released Tuesday night arrived at the Mukataa Palestinian Authority government compound in Ramallah. They were welcomed with an official reception attended by PA President Mahmoud Abbas and PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdullah.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas celebrates with released prisoners in Ramallah – Photo: AFP

The compound was secured by dozens of Palestinian police officers who prevented the prisoners’ families from entering with Hamas flags.

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| October 29, 2013
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Hamas plans frequent attacks on Tel Aviv for next war

 

 

Gaza’s ruling Islamist terror group is boosting its strength in preparation for its next conflict, producing medium-range M-75 rockets at an accelerated pace.

Israel still prefers Hamas over the extremist Salafist regime in Gaza.

By Elior Levy

 

The Shalit prisoner exchange deal and last year’s war against Israel led to a spike in the popularity of Hamas, which also enjoyed the support of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. But the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi by the Egyptian army plunged Hamas into one of its most difficult periods in recent years, while the Palestinian Authority is credited with the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails. Continue Reading »

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| October 24, 2013
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IDF, Hamas ‘ping-pong’ on Twitter, inadvertently creating dialogue

 

 

IDF Spokesman tweets regarding successful mission, dragging response from Hamas, to which he in turn he replies on the IDF’s social media website. Lerner insists, ‘It’s not dialogue.’

By Michal Margalit

IDF accidentally broke its policy of non-negotiation with terror groups such as Hamas, in an online incident Tuesday, when IDF Spokesman Major Peter Lerner tweeted the news of a successful hit and was replied by Hamas, leading to back-and-forth tweets.

The Twitter debate

The Twitter debate

Major Lerner, the spokesman and Head of the International Media Branch of IDF, tweeted news of a successful hit of terrorist Mohammad Assi, who was behind a 2012 bus bombing in Tel-Aviv.

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| October 23, 2013
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IDF Phones Gazans, Urging Them to Overthrow Hamas

 

 

Report: Residents of Gaza  have received phone calls from the IDF telling them Hamas is squandering their aid money.

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Palestinians across the Gaza Strip last week reported receiving calls from the Israeli army warning them against helping Hamas, and suggesting that the terror group cared nothing at all for the well-being of local residents.

Israeli Army Calls Gazans, Urges Them to Turn on Hamas

Free Gaza from Hamas – Israel Today

The pre-recorded Arabic message, which was conveyed by Palestinians to France’s AFP news agency, said:

“The Israeli army warns you against obeying the orders of the terrorist Hamas or having any contact with it. Continue Reading »

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| October 20, 2013
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Hamas PM calls for armed struggle, end to peace talks with Israel

On 2nd anniversary of ‘Shalit deal’, Hamas prime minister calls for Palestinian unity, saying Israel is engaging into negotiations to better its int’l standing while covering continued settlement expansion.

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Hamas Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh called on Saturday for the end to the divisions in Palestinian society in order to better confront the dangers of negotiations with Israel and any resulting agreement.

Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas chief, delivers speech in Gaza

Ismail Haniyeh, PM of Hamas Gaza government, gives speech in Gaza City, Oct 19, 2013 – Photo: Reuters

Speaking at an event marking two years since the prisoner swap in which 1,027 Palestinians were released from Israeli prisons in exchange for kidnapped Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, Haniyeh said that all Palestinian factions and officials should unite and formulate a national strategy that adopts all possible options, including “armed struggle, popular uprising and political, diplomatic and media battles.” Continue Reading »

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